BACKGROUND During recent years the market for homeopathic education media has increasingly diversified with old (books, seminars) and new media (video-seminars, pc-programs, homeo-wiki and internet-courses). However, little is known about homeopaths' preferences in using educational media and their requirements of this topic. AIM This survey was designed to gain a better understanding of the ...

OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility of a pragmatic trial design with economic evaluation and nested qualitative study, comparing usual care (UC) with UC plus individualised homeopathy, in children requiring secondary care for asthma. This included recruitment and retention, acceptability of outcome measures patients' and health professionals' views and experiences and a power calculation for a de...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a homeopathic treatment of plantar warts. DESIGN Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. SETTING Hospital-based family medicine unit. PATIENTS Patients were recruited from the unit, through advertisements in the local media and through personal contacts with colleagues. Of the 853 people screened between December 1987 and January 1989, 174 m...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of a homeopathic remedy (Vertigoheel, Heel Inc, Albuquerque, NM) vs betahistine hydrochloride (active control) in the treatment of patients with vertigo of various origins in a confirmative equivalence trial. DESIGN Randomized (1:1) double-blind controlled clinical trial. SETTING Fifteen study centers (general practice) in Germany between Novembe...

Although light-hearted, Jeffries’ essay on homeopathy was out of step with recent moves to recognise the value of complementary and alternative therapies in medical practice, and did nothing to address the paradox of why homeopathic remedies have such widespread use even though they are scientifically implausible. Despite the methodological challenges inherent in evaluating complementary therap...

Milgrom’s article was certainly the most amusing, uplifting and revealing bit of alternative fiction I have read for a very long time. Amusing because the arguments of the authors are truly funny. I am on the top of the ‘Big Pharma’ iceberg trying to crush homeopathy!?! Why would ‘Big Pharm’ bother? Homeopathy only amounts to 0.006% of the total National Health Service (NHS) budget, as Milgrom ...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is a key indicator of the quality and effectiveness of a therapeutic method. Assessing the satisfaction of patients undergoing homeopathic therapy is essential in the early steps of educating the community, if suitable outcomes are to be achieved. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2008 on 125 patients from the city of...

INTRODUCTION In February 2009 an outbreak of subcutaneous abscesses due to Mycobacterium abscessus was detected in Spain which affected healthy women who had undergone mesotherapy procedures in an aesthetic clinic. METHODS Epidemiological research, health inspection and microbiological studies were conducted. The patients were given antibiotic treatment (according to susceptibility testing) w...

Twenty dogs with confirmed atopic dermatitis were treated with homeopathy. In the first phase of this pilot study, all of the dogs were treated by a veterinary homeopath with individualised remedies prescribed on the basis of the dog's cutaneous signs and constitutional characteristics. The response to treatment was assessed by scoring the severity of pruritus from 0 to 10 on a validated scale....

There is a great scientific debate on homeopathic. However, despite all controversies, it has been observed that homeopathy use among cancer patient is increasing globally. In recent years a homeopathic approach called the „Psorinum‟ therapy have gained tremendous popularity among cancer patients in Kolkata, India. The advocate of this alternative cancer is Dr. Ashim Kumar Chatterjee. However, ...